ice cube
Ice Cube Says The US Is ‘Uneasy,’ Wants BIG3 Games To Make Cities ‘A Little Better Than We Found Them’
Ice Cube has never been the type to shy away from political conversations. The legendary artist and businessman recently sat down with Wall Street‘s Maria Bartiromo where he discussed the current climate in the US and his BIG3 basketball league.
Cube stated that he’s been meeting with the MLB and NFL about ways to grow his BIG3 league. “We’ve been talking to owners of teams, some MLB, NFL,” he said. “We want real owners, guys who know how to promote the sport in their cities, a guy who knows the city. Not just a guy but investors who are familiar with the cities and very active in the cities they’re in. That’s part of our overall plan.”
Cube went on to say how America is very “uneasy” right now but hopes that his BIG3 league can make the cities that they travel to “a little better than [they] found them.”
“The country is very uneasy right now. Everybody got to do their part. The BIG3, we’re going from city to city this year. We’re not in our bubble like we have been in the last couple of years. We’re going to be all over the country this summer, hopefully making cities a little better than we found them when we leave. That’s our plan. I think it should be everybody’s plan. Everybody’s got to look in the mirror and say, ‘What can I do to make things better?’ That’s the only way it’s going to change.”
The post Ice Cube Says The US Is ‘Uneasy,’ Wants BIG3 Games To Make Cities ‘A Little Better Than We Found Them’ appeared first on The Source.
Ice Cube’s Lyrics Helped LeBron James Celebrate His NBA All-Time Scoring Record
Ice Cube has an interesting crossover with sports. Last year, he performed at a NASCAR race in Los Angeles. He actually runs his own basketball league called Big3 as well. Now, he’s being quoted by one of the greatest athletes of all time.
LeBron James has been celebrating breaking the NBA’s all-time scoring record last week, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. James is still soaking in the historic accomplishment. The Los Angeles Lakers star took to Instagram yesterday (February 14) to share his excitement. In doing so, he used Ice Cube’s “It Was A Good Day” lyrics.
“Last week messed around and got a triple…..” he wrote. “I mean a Scoring Record! Man what!!! This is still not hitting me yet. So surreal!! Wow wow wow man.” (The original Ice Cube lyric is, “Last week, f*cked around and got a triple double.”)
He continued, “To all my fans who captured that moment there inside Crypto Arena that night( YOU’RE AMAZING & THANK YOU) and to all my fans all over the United States and The World( YOU’RE AMAZING & THANK YOU). The journey continues!”
Big3 announced last year that they’d be including Snoop Dogg in their endeavors. “Snoop is always at the cutting edge. He always wanna be first. When we said we was gonna start selling teams, he hit me right away saying, ‘I need to be a part of that,’” they explained in a statement.
Ice Cube Isn’t Impressed With Billboard’s Top 50 Greatest Rappers List
Billboard & Vibe’s ranking of the top 50 greatest rappers of all time has undoubtedly stirred the pot among hip-hop veterans, such as Ice Cube. Since the beginning of the year, Billboard’s unveiled their rankings by the tens week by week. Rick Ross sits at #50 on the list, while Jay-Z stands at #1. Many objected to the list. Others, like Ja Rule, felt as though Billboard snubbed them. However, many also felt that it accurately captured the impact of hip-hop’s greatest artists.
In all fairness, Billboard and Vibe handled the difficult task well. Over the course of hip-hop’s 50-year history, we’ve seen many rappers come and go, others who’ve withstood the test of time (Jay-Z, Ice Cube, Eminem, etc.), and a select few who left an indelible mark within a short amount of time (i.e. Tupac & Biggie). Ultimately, narrowing down a list of 50 rappers isn’t easy. However, it prompted conversation among rappers and fans alike, who both agreed and disagreed with the rankings.
Ice Cube Isn’t Impressed
TMZ caught up with the former N.W.A. rapper to discuss Billboard and Vibe’s rankings. Despite standing among the top 20, Cube made it clear that he doesn’t care for Billboard’s opinion, largely because they don’t have any authority to speak on the culture. “I don’t fuck with Billboard or their editor,” he said with a grin on his face. However, his opinion ultimately boils down to Billboard’s position in hip-hop. “Billboard ain’t hip-hop so their opinion don’t matter,” he stated matter-of-factly.
The TMZ cameraman then went on to ask about Billboard’s ranking of Mount Westmore members. Snoop stands in the top 10, E-40 at #41, and Cube at #18. However, Too Short is noticeably missing from the list, which Cube believes further proved his comments on Billboard. “Yeah, it is,” he said when asked if Too Short was snubbed. “It’s an irrelevant list, you know what I mean? It’s like a**holes; everybody got one and they all stink. There it is.” Does Ice Cube have a point? Check out his comments above and let us know your thoughts on Billboard and Vibe’s ranking of the best rappers ever. Who do you think they missed?
Ice Cube Reacts To Stephen A. Smith And Michael Irvin’s ‘Next Friday’ Scene Reenactment: “They Did That”
The Dallas Cowboys lost to the Washington Commanders Sunday 6-26. Anybody who watches sports knows that Stephen A. Smith lives for moments like this; seeing the Cowboys fall apart just to rub it in Michael Irvin’s and every Cowboys fan’s face. And thats exactly what he did on Monday’s episode of First Take. He and Irvin started the episode off with a reenactment of the scene at Pinky’s record store between Craig and Pinky in Next Friday.
“Shut up,” Stephen A. Smith shouted at Michael Irvin, reenacting the scene from Next Friday. “Shut up! What happened to the Cowboys yesterday? What happened to them? Shut up! Say another word and this is over.” Smith continued: “What happened to the running game huh? What happened to the running game? Shut up!
The Cowboys’ loss has @stephenasmith acting like Pinky from “Next Friday”
pic.twitter.com/pDRTOzvtJt
— First Take (@FirstTake) January 9, 2023
The hilarious reenactment caught the attention of Ice Cube who approved and reacted to it.
“They did that,” Cube quoted Stephen A’s tweet with the clip, followed by laughing emojis.
They did that
https://t.co/LOaV4CCYig
— Ice Cube (@icecube) January 9, 2023
In other Friday news, Ice Cube said that he won’t sue Warner Bros. to regain the rights to the Friday franchise and doesn’t plan on making a “Saturday” movie to get around having to use the Friday name.
“With all the stuff going on with Friday, have you ever thought about making a Saturday,” the interviewer asked before Cube told her that he can’t do a Saturday movie because Warner Bros. owns the Friday franchise’s intellectual property, meaning he couldn’t use the same characters from the Friday movies.
“Is Friday a lost cause at this point?” she asked. “Nah, never,” Cube responded. The interviewer then asked if Cube was going to sue over teh rights to the film, to which he responded, “no.”
The post Ice Cube Reacts To Stephen A. Smith And Michael Irvin’s ‘Next Friday’ Scene Reenactment: “They Did That” appeared first on The Source.
The ‘Nepo Babies’ of Rap: Jaden Smith, Coi Leray, King Combs, and More
-
Image via Getty/Matt Winkelmeyer Jaden Smith
-
Image via Getty/Jerritt Clark/Wright Productions Romeo Miller
-
Image via Getty/Allen Berezovsky King Combs
-
Image via Getty/Rich Polk/IMDb O’Shea Jackson Jr.
-
Image via Getty/Taylor Hill/FilmMagic Quincy
-
Image via Getty/Johnny Nunez/WireImage Coi Leray
-
Image via Getty/Leon Bennett/FilmMagic Diggy Simmons
-
Image via Getty/Phillip Faraone/Fanatics Landon Barker
-
Image via Getty/Johnny Nunez/WireImage Cory Gunz
-
Image via Getty/Johnny Nunez/WireImage Lil Tracy
-
Image via Getty/Christopher Polk/Capitol Music Group Scoop DeVille
Coast Contra
-
Image via Getty/Earl Gibson III/WE tv Lil Eazy-E
[WATCH] Ice Cube Says He Won’t Sue Warner Bros. To Obtain Rights To ‘Friday’
Ice Cube has spoken publicly about gaining control of the Friday franchise, but has recently taken a softer approach to getting the rights back from Warner Brothers, but the co-founding member of N.W.A. says that he’s not willing to take them to court to get it.
The music and movie mogul spoke to TMZ about making a movie called Saturday, which sparked the conversation about the intellectual property of Friday.
Check out Cube’s comments on the fight for Friday HERE
The post [WATCH] Ice Cube Says He Won’t Sue Warner Bros. To Obtain Rights To ‘Friday’ appeared first on The Source.
Mount Westmore Shared Their Picks For A Mount Rushmore Of East Coast Rappers
Some West Coast legends stopped by The People’s Party With Talib Kweli this week. Ice Cube, E-40, and Too Short, of supergroup Mount Westmore (which also includes Snoop Dogg), made an appearance on the web series, on which, they discussed who could parallel them on the opposite side of the country.
On Ice Cube’s Mount Rushmore of East Coast rappers are Jay-Z and Nas. E-40 noted that he would also include Busta Rhymes in the allotted four, citing his innovative craft.
Short admitted that he would switch up his picks every single time, however, would always include “Hip-Hop Hooray” hitmakers Naughty By Nature in his selection.
While each of them had different picks for East Coast GOATs, 40 maintained that the current Mount Rushmore of West Coast rapper is indisputable.
“I haven’t seen not one person argue about us being Mount Westmore,” E-40 said. “Young or old, you can’t.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Cube, Short, and 40 spoke about another West Coast legend — Tupac — and what he meant to them. 40 recalled Pac shouting him out on one of his earlier albums, before 40 had blown up.
“If he f*cked with you, he f*cked with you,” said 40. “He was uplifting to females and the urban community as well.”
You can watch the full episode and hear all of their picks above.
Ice Cube Opens Up About Tupac Saying He Wanted To Make Music Like N.W.A.
Ice Cube gets candid about meeting Tupac Shakur during his roadie days for Digital Underground in a recent interview. The rapper stopped by the People’s Party podcast to chat with host Talib Kweli, alongside other West Coast legends, Snoop Dogg, Too Short, and E-40, to talk about their OG supergroup, “MountWestmore.” During the chat, Cube shared that he met Shakur as a young, hungry rapper and that N.W.A heavily inspired him, and he even wanted to make music reflective of the music by Cube and the legendary rap group.
“He would always tell me like, you know, ‘This Digital sh*t is cool, man, but I want to do records like y’all.’” He said, “‘Cause where I live at, sh*t is f*cked up. You know what I’m saying? I want to talk about how the sh*t is.’”
Cube noted that he nudged the rapper to keep going and forge his path. He recalls that Shakur was a “fun dude with a lot of energy” and reminiscences on funny moments with the “California Love” rhymer.
The mature rapper also shared what it was like watching Shakur’s star rise before the later years of his career, which were steeped in controversy due to a series of events including several arrests, his involvement with Death Row Records, and the beefing with Biggie Smalls, which launched a regional war between the West and East coasts. The tension would come to a head, leading to the death of both Smalls and Shakur in quick succession.
Check out the full interview above.
Top 5 Most Disrespectful Clapbacks In Rap History
Diss tracks in hip-hop have existed for decades and various incidents have caused rappers to make them. In many cases, rappers have dropped a diss toward a rapper that fans might label as disrespectful. Here are five of the most disrespectful clapbacks of all time: Tupac Shakur: Hit Em Up (1996) The late rap icon […]
The post Top 5 Most Disrespectful Clapbacks In Rap History appeared first on SOHH.com.